Details of the required shortcode parameters are outlined in the plugin’s readme.txt and in the usage section of the plugin page.
If you can’t find an obvious reason for it not to work. please post a link to the relevant page on your site with details of the shortcodes you are using.
I know this will sound dumb, but where is the readme.txt file and where is the “usage section of the plugin page?” I’ve looked at the text that came with the plugin and set the colors in the “Appearance/Customize” menu but I still don’t know how to get it to look like it should.
I installed two short codes on my page as follows:
[audioalbum title=”Freedom Christian Fellowship” detail=”Sunday Morning Messages” date=”2017″]
[audiotrack title=” Who I Really Am, 3/5/2017″ songwriter=”Tom Meeker” wmv=”http://domain.com/wp-content/uploads/audiofile1.wma”%5D
If you want to see what shows on the page, the URL for the website is FreedomCFLisbon.com. Go to the “Recorded Messages” page and you should see what I’m getting.
Thanks.
Tom
Ah, found the usage section. Already read that and am still in the dark.
Tom
Ensure that the path to the audio file is correct.
Try converting the file to an MP3, and use that in place of the wma. WMA can be specificed as a fallback format for IE, but most browsers won’t support it.
Hmmmm, I did convert it to an MP3 but that made the file size too large for WordPress to accept. It’s over 65 megs. WMA is only 40 megs. I also checked the path to the audio file and the link in the short code matches what is shown in my media file.
I also tried converting the file to an OGG file. Size was good but WordPress said it wouldn’t use that file type. WMA is small enough as well as SPX, OPUS and AAC conversions. But I can’t find any plugins that will use them.
I really need to be led by the hand on this one. But we’ll keep trying. I appreciate any ideas you have.
Tom
WMA won’t play in most browsers. MP3 is probably the best format to use. You should be able to make the MP3 smaller by changing the settings when converting. If not you might be increasing the maximum file size that can be uploaded – for details of how to do this see http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-upload-large-images-in-wordpress/
Ok, I was able to change settings and got the mp3 file size down to 27 megs. Cool. Loaded it into my media list in WordPress and changed the short codes on my page thusly:
[audioalbum title=”Freedom Christian Fellowship” detail=”Sunday Morning Messages” date=”2017″]
[audiotrack title=” Who I Really Am, 3/5/2017″ songwriter=”Tom Meeker” mp3=”http://domain.com/wp-content/uploads/audiofile1.mp3″%5D
The link to the file looks like this:
[audio src="http://freedomcflisbon.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Who-I-really-am.-3-5-17.mp3" /]
which I cut and pasted directly from my media file.
Unfortunately, the appearance on my web page has not changed and there are still no play buttons or sliders or volume buttons or sliders. I just want it to look something like one of your examples. What am I missing?
Direct link to the page is: http://freedomcflisbon.com/recorded-messages/
Thanks so much for the help.
Tom
the audiotrack shortcode is a replacement for the WordPress built-in [audio] shortcode
If your audiotrack shortcode is pointing to a non-existant file on a dummy domain (domain.com) you should change that to the actual url of the audio file
eg:
[audiotrack title="Who I Really Am, 3/5/2017" songwriter="Tom Meeker" mp3="http://freedomcflisbon.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Who-I-really-am.-3-5-17.mp3"]
Also ensure that only straight quotes are used in the shortcode parameter values, not curly quotes.
Awesome! That worked. The file is playing on the page. But!! It still looks kind of clunky. Isn’t there some way to make it look more like it does in the examples you show? Those look real nice. Mine looks very blocky and clunky.
Thanks so much for the help so far. Any suggestions on improving the appearance would be GREATLY appreciated.
Tom
New question. I now have two audio tracks on the page. However, they both are numbered with a “1.” How do I get it to increment the audio file number when I add new links?
Thanks again for your time.
Tom
The display can be affected by the theme or another plugin or there might be an issue with the shortcodes used.
Can you show me the audio album shortcodes from your page so I can look at whether I can see any issues there?
Use the forum’s code button when copying them into your reply.
Here is what I have. Hopefully I’ve used the “code” button correctly.
[audioalbum title="Freedom Christian Fellowship" detail="Sunday Morning Messages" date="2017"]
[audiotrack title=". Who I Really Am, 3/5/2017" songwriter="Tom Meeker" mp3="http://freedomcflisbon.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Who-I-really-am.-3-5-17.mp3"]
[audiotrack title=". Every Idle Word, 4/2/2017" songwriter="Tom Meeker" mp3="http://freedomcflisbon.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Every-Idle-Word-4-2-17.mp3"]
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To prevent the unwanted horizonal space between the players you can add an empty line between each pair of shortcodes:
eg:
[audioalbum title="Freedom Christian Fellowship" detail="Sunday Morning Messages" date="2017"]
[audiotrack title=". Who I Really Am, 3/5/2017" songwriter="Tom Meeker" mp3="http://freedomcflisbon.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Who-I-really-am.-3-5-17.mp3"]
[audiotrack title=". Every Idle Word, 4/2/2017" songwriter="Tom Meeker" mp3="http://freedomcflisbon.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Every-Idle-Word-4-2-17.mp3"]
It looks like you have customised the plugin’s styles and/or added some additional styles. As the track numbers are added via CSS, the edits might be the cause of the incorrect numbering.
If you have edited the stylesheet in the plugin, reinstall the plugin to get the original styles back. Also if any new styles that have been added to target audio album, remove those.
Then in your WordPress admin, go to Appearance -> Customize -> Audio Album where you’ll find some controls to set a custom colour scheme.
I saw how to edit the colors. Thanks. I have not edited any styles to my knowledge. But I will try reinstalling the plugin.
Thanks so much.
Tom
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This reply was modified 9 years, 2 months ago by tommeeker.
Reinstalled the plugin. Customized my colors. All works great except the numbers still do not increment. I have not edited any code or “styles.” I don’t know how to edit “styles.” I don’t even understand what you mean when you say, “…added via CSS.”
The only way I could get the space between the tracks to go away was to enter the short codes back to back without any spaces or carriage returns in between. Like this: [shortcode][shortcode][shortcode]
If we can figure out why the numbers don’t increment, I’d be thrilled.
Thanks again for your time.
Tom
